Senior Safety Engineer – Chemical

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Job Description And Duties

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Working at the Cal/OSHA means much more than showing up for a job. You will be able to work on programs that are vital to the health and safety of our community, workforce, and the state. We recognize the strength in teamwork. We know that by encouraging collaboration and diversity, educating employers in best practices, and protecting the health and safety of employees through enforcement of the California Labor Code and regulations will benefit our economy as a whole.

Be part of a team that prides itself in making a difference for Californians. What will be the difference that you make for California?

Under the direction of the Regional Manager in the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), Process Safety Management (PSM) Unit, the Senior Safety Engineer (Industrial) is responsible for performing the full range of professional-level senior safety engineering work at chemical plants, ammonia‑refrigeration units, and other facilities covered under California Code of Regulations, Title 8, section 5189 and the Cal/OSHA program.

Working throughout the state, the Senior Safety Engineer conducts specialized safety inspections, accident investigations, and consultation assignments related to process safety management principles and California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 5189 at chemical plants, ammonia‑refrigeration units, and other PSM facilities, i.e., work that requires or involves extensive experience, knowledge and skills in process safety management principles, practices and methods related to such facilities;

assists the District Manager and Regional Manager in developing procedures and guidelines for conducting audits, inspections, and accident investigations; leads, plans, organizes, reviews and directs the work of teams assigned to perform inspections (e.g., Program Quality Verification (PQV) inspections, fatal accident investigations, complaints, etc.), and special assignments (e.g., Special Emphasis Projects); evaluates work performance of safety engineers and prepares written training development plans for management to help improve staff performance;

conducts committee meetings to revise or propose new safety orders within the Cal/OSHA program; performs in‑service and on‑the‑job training of staff, and works in an assigned district office and travels throughout the state as required.

This posting may be used to fill future vacancies in accordance with 2 CCR

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Multiple locations and positions are available. Please see other postings under different job control in Cal Careers for the other locations and positions. If you are interested in more than one location and/or position, please submit an application to each specific job control.

To be considered for this Senior Safety Engineer job opportunity, applicants must be either reachable on an employment list, have transfer eligibility or have reinstatement eligibility. To take the exam and gain employment list eligibility, please click the link below to access the exam bulletin:

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Working Conditions

This job is located at:
Division of Occupational Safety and Health
Process Safety Management – Chemical – South (Santa Ana)
2 Mac Arthur Place, 8th FL Suite 810, Santa Ana, CA 92707

*** If you are interested in working in more than one location and/or position you must submit an application to each specific job control.***

The work will primarily be in an office environment. At other times the work will be at a field site, such as chemical plants (as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 8, section 5189), ammonia‑refrigeration units, PSM facilities, and other field sites which have the potential for exposures to safety and health hazards and hazardous substances. Other field work may be asked of Senior Safety Engineers in State emergencies.

Effective July 1, 2025, specific Bargaining Units and associated Excluded State employees are subject to a salary reduction between 2% - 4.62% in exchange for hours in the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) per month. For more details, please click her e to visit the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) website.